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FILICES.—G y e a t * . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . L I N D S Æ A , D ry an d . S o r i Im e a re s, m a rg in e pa ra lle li smpiusqne ap ro x im a ti.
In v o lu c rum e x ap ic ib u s ven a rum (u n â p ln rium ) o rtum duc ens, e x tc riù s lib c rum .
L in d sæ a en si/olta ¡ g la b ra , fro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is (pauc is) p e tio la tis a lte rn is lin c a ri-cn s ifo r-
m ib u s o b tu s is in te g e rrim is b a si a tte n u a tis , soris m a rg in a lib u s c o n tin u is .
L in d sæ a cnsifolin. Sw a r lz . S y n . F ü . p . U S Sc ÌH7. IF illd . S p . P l . v . S . p . iSO. K a u lf.
E n u m . F il. p . 2 1 9 . S p r e n g . S y s t. V e g e t. v . 4 . p . 7 9 .
P te r is s t r id a . L a m . E n e y e l. B o t. V. 5 . p . 713. S te a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 96. m i l d . S p . P I v 5
p . 3 7 0 .
A d ia n tum cn s ifo liu in . P o ir . in E n c y c l. B a t . S u p p l. v . \ . p . 1 3 9 .
H a b . In s u la M au ritii e t in M ad ag a s c a ria . S w a r l z ; N é r a u d ; C armichael.
Carni, 1 brevis, vix repens. squ.imoso-liirsutns, radicules filiformes fle-xuosas ramosas fuscas emittens.
Stipe, spithamoeus et ultra, erectus, strlotus, fusco-viritlis, uitiilus, infeme badius, hluc canaliculatus.
Frou,, m nostns exemplaribus, digitalis .ad palmarem, circumscriptione oblonga, pinnata, pinnis paucis (S ad 7),
alternts, remotis, 3—4-unciam longis, linearl-ensiformibns, costatis, venisque obscuris reticulatis omnino
glabris, Integenimis, obtusis, basi In stipitem vel petiolum brevem attenuatis.
Sori intra-mnrginales.
Involucmm lineare, coiuinuiim, membranaceum, pallidum extus dehiscens.
Capsulæ spliericoe, pedicellatæ.
Semina obtuse triangularía, siibpellucida intense flava.
Fig. I. Portio fructifican, pinnæ. £ 2 . Sorus et involucrum. f. 3. Semina a ,a .
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W c a re in d e b te d to th e B a ro n de L e s s e rt fo r th e o p p o rtu n ity o f fig u rin g th is ra re P e rn , „ h lc h
w as g a th e r e d b y M o n s . N e ra n d in th e M a u r itiu s , th e same c o u n try in w h ich it was first discovered,
we b elieve, b y C o n im c rso n .
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